India’s S-400 missile defence system deal with Russia doesn’t have a “sovereign guarantee” as the process of inter-government agreements with countries like Russia and the US are already “streamlined”, top IAF officers said on Tuesday.

The parents of Akshay Jadhav, one of the Indian sailors who went missing after two vessels caught fire off Russia, are still hopeful of receiving a positive news about their son and said he was supposed to return home in Kolhapur district after spending one year on the sea.

At least 14 people have been killed in a fire that broke out on two Tanzanian-flagged ships, both carrying Indian crew, near the Kerch Strait that separates Crimea and Russia. The victims have not been identified yet.

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